The New Paper, 26 September 1988

Total Pages: 38
1 40 The New Paper
  • 18 1 the new paper MONDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 1988 MCI (P) 179/4/88 50 CENTS the raw* paper the new* paper
    18 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 251 1 Xr^< "■"Esi WHEEL Skateboard craze hits Singapore. Kids risk bookings by police in their chase for thrills. /Page 3 MONDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 1988 M» (P) 179/4/88 50 CENTS y I PRESS HOUNDS HrtxHURDLES j Steffi Graf flees Olympic F*y APT I ON HF1 I Village, says press won't BJJB ALIIUN
      251 words
    • 69 1 I M onOQB B v mft- r** It's dumb. It's dangerous. Motorcycle riders are zooming around in cracked, dented, strapless helmets. Many suffer crippling injury or death when they crash and hit their heads. Page 2 NOH DIVORCES m\\m\ /Page 32 I INSIDE WORLD TV GUIDE SPORTS RADIO FASTADS/JOBS SHOWTIME
      69 words
  • 58 1 III the net: Swift police raid nets 15 touts on Orchard Road. The crackdown follows an hour of police observation on Lucky Plaza. The action follows one earlier this month when police arrested 48 people believed to be touts. No arrests this time, but one is
    Picture/ AUNDRY GaN  -  58 words

  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 416 2  -  By Ambrose Poh INSIDE the shell of a motorcycle helmet is a warning label. It says: "If helmet experiences a severe blow, return to manufacturer for inspection or destroy and replace it." "Damage may not be visible to the eye." Yet just look around.
      Graphic/ Soh Ah Tech  -  416 words
    • 228 2  -  By Thusitha De Silva THE blitz on Orchard Road touts continues. In swift police action yesterday evening, 15 youths were rounded up at Lucky Plaza shopping centre. A team of policemen held the youths for questioning and checked their identity cards. No arrests were
      228 words
    • 180 2 A YOUTH who helped police identify secret society members who beat him up for refusing to join their gang has been getting phone calls threatening his whole family. Police in Jurong have launched an investigation into the threats. More than five gang suspects between the ages of
      180 words
    • 529 3  -  By Harinder Gill ALL aboard. Or at least that's how it looks if you go down to the Funan Shopping Centre some sunny Saturday. There's a skateboarding craze in town. And that particular shopping complex is one of the better places for the skaters because there
      Pictures/ Nicklaus D'cruz  -  529 words
  • Page 2 Advertisements
  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 32 2 THE WEATHER WEATHER outlook for Singapore from noon to midnight: Cloudy with showers over many areas in the early afternoon. Maximum temperature: 29 degrees. Sunset today: 6.58 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 6.52 am.
      32 words


  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 408 4 A WEEK after the general election, First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong made some remarks that were not well received by the Malay community. Since then, the reactions of many Malay MPs, community leaders, businessmen and professionals have been reported in the press. Here
      408 words
    • 156 4 MR GOH said he was "indeed sorry" if Malays felt offended that the PAP had asked Brigadier-General (Res) Lee Hsien Loong to appear in the Malay TV debate on the elected President plan. He said he had asked BG Lee to take part
      156 words
    • 846 4  -  Stories/i Augustine Low THE First Deputy Prime Minister's recent statement about Malays has got wider meaning. His message is not just for the Malays. It is for all Singaporeans Chinese, Indians, Eurasians... Simply put, it adds up to this: Singaporeans must decide who they
      846 words
    • 419 5 Singapore has had several multiple births recently. IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) triplets were born at the Thomson Medical Centre last week. Within two days, a normally conceived set of triplets was born at Alexandra Hospital. CHITRA RAJARAM dropped in on a family with triplets yesterday to
      Pictures/ Jonathan Choo  -  419 words
    • 57 5 IN THE kitchen of her Yishun flat, a 28-year-old woman doused herself with kerosene, then set herself on fire after quarrelling with her husband over the weekend. Madam Kalachelvi d/o Govindaraju is in critical condition at the Singapore General Hospital's Burns Centre with third-degree burns
      57 words
    • 142 5 THE Changi International Airport Services (CIAS) inflight kitchen has found the recipe for success. It has been awarded the title of Best Catering Station in the East by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. The kitchen serves KLM, Lufthansa, UTA and 16 other international carriers.
      142 words
    • 180 5 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. Asserts: If a person asserts something such as an opinion or a belief, he says it firmly and forcefully. Complements: If one item complements another, each adds desirable qualities
      180 words
    • 206 5 A NORTH Korean seaman mysteriously disappeared while out shopping with fellow crewmen about two weeks ago, the North Korean embassy says. The man, Mr Choi Chong Hak. 39, arrived here on Sept 13 on the MV Chang Song of the Korea-Polish United Shipping Ltd. He went shopping with
      206 words
    • 370 6  -  By Harjinder Kaur FREE parking on Sundays has brought about a host of problems to residents in some HDB town centres. The residents say the parking lots at their own estates are always taken up by strangers who go there to use facilities at the
      Pictures/ Aundry Gan  -  370 words
    • 237 6 NEO Hock Sik, 22, is a science undergraduate at the National University of Singapore, and a keen swimmer. Nothing special, you say. But Hock Sik is deaf. Yesterday he received the Outstanding Hearing-Impaired Student of the Year award. It was presented to him at
      237 words
    • 323 6  -  By Ng Wan Ching A HAPPY trip to a birthday party in Malacca turned into a tragedy of death and destruction over the weekend. A car carrying five Singaporeans smashed into a tour bus in Malaysia, killing everyone in the car. The bus driver and
      323 words
    • 315 7  -  By Chitra Rajaram THE soft, romantic lights, pretty flowered curtains and sentimental music were not set up for a hot date. They were designed to ease the tension of the more than 300 X-ray patients at the National University Hospital. "By doing this we try to
      Pictures/ Aundry Gan  -  315 words
    • 228 7  -  By Leong Chan Teik TAWAR is 10 today, and as powerful as five adult men. He can rip open a durian with his bare hands. Tawar is a 50 kg orangutan, one of the star attractions at the Singapore Zoo. He and his
      Picture/ Nicklaus D'cruz  -  228 words
    • 77 7 THE Singapore Sports Council received yesterday a $120,000 cheque from Tan Citi Time Pte Ltd, the sole agent for Citizen Watch in Singapore. This is the eighth year the company has given money to the council. "We are extremely grateful," said Dr Tan Eng Lian, the
      77 words
    • 519 8  -  By Irene Hoe TOWN Councils will have an extra source of money for their projects if they can sell their proposals to nine Members of Parliament. The Ang Mo Kio West Town Council managed to do this recently. It convinced the nine, led by Mr Lee
      519 words
    • 234 8 Make sure TV antennas work. Or brace yourself for a flood of irate phone calls. Also, keep the lifts in good working condition. Or expect more phone calls. These are the two most common complaints from residents and they make up to 350 service complaints
      234 words
    • 237 8  -  By Chitra Rajaram I COULD have danced all night if only my heels had kept up with the wheels. This was wheelchair disco. It took place last night at the East West Express, Marina Square. We were celebrating the donation of an ambulance by
      Pictures/ Nicklaus D'cruz  -  237 words





  • WORLDTODAY
    • 267 9 Wire services. THE Soviet Union is ready to announce the release of most of 300 political prisoners known to be still in Soviet jails, says an American magazine. The weekly US News and World Report said over the weekend that those freed will include the
      Wire services.  -  267 words
    • 81 9 Wire services. MALAYSIA plans to build a large military base at Gemas, a small town along the Negri Sembilan and Johor state border. Gemas, about 128 km from Singapore, is currently used as a refuelling centre not only by Malaysian but also
      Wire services.  -  81 words
    • 62 9 Anxious thousands: Rain fails to stop a crowd from keeping vigil outside the Imperial Palace in Tokyo for the latest news on Emperor Hirohito's health. Some 40,000 Japanese pray for his recovery amid a downpour. Latest reports say the emperor, 87, is in a stable
      Picture/ Reuter  -  62 words
    • 182 9 Wire services. SOVIET citizens are dipping into a river of moonshine to satisfy a thirst for booze. A respected writer and social critic says leader Mikhail Gorbachev's anti-booze campaign has succeeded in boosting the home-brew industry. "Judging by what we know now, we have lost the current
      Wire services.  -  182 words
    • 203 9 Wire services. PART of Karachi remained under a dusk-to-dawn curfew today after Pakistani riots in which four people were killed and dozens of shops and cars burned. Police said the fighting mostly involved people from Pakistan's northern Punjab province and Mohajir migrants from India. Tens
      Wire services.  -  203 words
    • 165 9 Wire services. THE late President Mohammed Zia ulHaq's elder son may enter politics as head of a new youth movement devoted to carrying out his father's policies. Addressing a gathering of religious scholars in Islamabad, Mr Ejaz, 36, said he had asked the country's
      Wire services.  -  165 words


  • WORLDTODAY
    • 315 11 Wire services. LEBANON teetered on the brink of anarchy today following Syria's rejection of a new Christian military regime in favour of Muslim rule. The country has sizzled with sectarian unrest since Parliament failed to elect a successor to Christian President Amin Gemayel before his sixyear term
      Wire services.  -  315 words
    • 53 11 On target: In Israel, it is said, every man is a warrior. And every child must look forward to a future that seems to promise unending military tensions in the Middle East. This eight-year-old in Tel Aviv wears a tanker's helmet at a display of military
      Picture/ Reuter  -  53 words
    • 223 11 Wire services. A NEW opposition group may defy militant students and take part in elections set up by the country's new military leaders. The students have said they will have nothing to do with the military regime that took over last week. That course
      Wire services.; Picture/ Ap  -  223 words
    • 174 11 Wire services. DEMONSTRATIONS in Manila have underscored lingering support for the mutineers who attempted to topple Philippine President Corazon Aquino last year. An anti-government group fired guns and ignited a fireworks show that lasted five to 15 minutes in several Manila
      Wire services.  -  174 words
    • 178 11 Wire services. WITH a ceasefire no longer in effect, Indian troops today swept across parts of Sri Lanka in a massive search-and-destroy mission against the rebels. Troops backed by helicopter gunships launched the operation in northern Jaffna and eastern Batticaloa districts. They resumed patrols after
      Wire services.  -  178 words
    • 282 12 Wire services. JAPAN has unveiled a new scheme to put its massive trade surplus to work in helping deht-ridden countries of the Third World. Under the plan, the Export-Import Bank of Japan will extend loans together with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help middle-income
      Wire services.  -  282 words
    • 57 12 Together: The eight-year Gulf War is over for now hilt thousands of soldiers remain prisoners of war. Here, an Iraqi POW renews family ties during a visit by relatives to a prison camp in Teheran. Iran has permitted prisoners to meet family members in the
      Picture/ Afp  -  57 words
    • 40 12 Festive cheer: Lanterns glow as crowds flock to Victoria Park in Hongkong to celebrate the Mid-autumn Festival. These two children light candles in front of a home-made dragon-shaped lantern built by their father. Picture/ Reuter
      Picture/ Reuter  -  40 words
    • 151 12 Wire services. SOUTH Africa's government has given itself new powers to restrict its political opponents. In a proclamation mailed to lawyers, Pretoria said it will no longer notify people before placing restriction orders on them. Instead it will only publish their names in the
      Wire services.  -  151 words
    • 169 12 Wire services. EXPANSION of the Jo-hor-Singapore causeway by early 1990 will permit Johor Customs to clear more than 1,600 vehicles an hour twice the current number. The deputy director-gener-al of the Malaysian Highway Authority said yesterday that each of eight new lanes will have three additional Customs
      Wire services.  -  169 words
    • 152 12 Wire services. MALAYSIAN Ambassador Albert S. Talalla has urged the United States to consider Malaysia as a base for expanding trade in the Pacific and South-east Asia. "As the US looks at its future economic role in the Pacific, it will, I am convinced, see
      Wire services.  -  152 words
    • 90 12 Reuter. SHARE prices eased in opening trade in the absence of buying incentives as investors adopted a wait-and-see attitude, brokers said. "The market won't be very energetic today as it is the last day of trade for September delivery and there is still concern over the Emperor's condition,"
      Reuter.  -  90 words


  • 554 13  -  THE NEW PAPER SPECIAL PULLOUT SEOUL BEAT By Shirley Tan TENNIS superstar Steffi Graf has been forced to quit the Olympic Village all because newshounds are bothering her beyond toleration. She slipped out of Olympic Town quietly but suddenly yesterday, and checked into a five-star downtown
    Picture/ Afp  -  554 words
  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 54 13 t "~w \it Kodak 'l V wf Official Film <* V of the 1988 J m Olympic Games V w K Qs9 -a#*l V"" 2 -r s i/y v$K& JT f ./M Only Kodacolor Gold Film captures the i true feeling of the Olympic Games. I i kv 1 I':
      54 words

  • SEOULBEAT
    • 327 14 O NE HOUR after Florence Griffi-Joyner became the fastest woman in the world, she was still fondling her gold medal She had sneaked out of the stadium with her husband A1 and, in the safety of her car, opened the velvet case as if to see if it
      327 words
    • 331 14 UPI. ATHLETES claim that officiating in track and field competition is as bad as it was on the opening day of the programme and has not improved despite repeated assurances from the International Olympic Committee and the International Amateur Athletic Federation.
      UPI.  -  331 words
    • 238 14 UPI. WHEN Florence Grif-fith-Joyner zipped across the finish line to win the Olympic 100-metre championship yesterday, she completed a transformation that began two months ago when she set a world record at the United States trials. Until this year, she had been
      UPI.  -  238 words
    • 520 15 Two of the world's greatest swimmers bid adieu yesterday. One at 28, is the Granddad of swimming. The other, six years his junior, could race with the dolphins Reuter. VLADIMIR Salnikov proved yesterday that in swimming, a sport where youth is almost everything, you can grow
      Reuter.; Pictures/ Reuter  -  520 words
    • 360 15 Reuter. MATT Biondi, the towering Californian who swam with the dolphins on his way to seven Olympic medals, is off to the hills. "I have travelled all over the world and the United States but all I have seen is pools," said America's greatest
      Reuter.  -  360 words
    • 518 16 The Olympics are about dreams realised, sacrifices made and time being tested as signified by Edwin Moses' defeat and Mary Slaney's downfall. The drama of the changing of the guard unfolds before our eyes, as KEN JALLEH Jr files his report from Seoul THEY would steal
      Picture/ Afp  -  518 words
    • 178 16 BA'EL HADJ DIA hurdled from obscurity to defeat a man who has been beaten only twice in a decade. And he did it with a bad knee. The hurdler from Senegal was still visibly shocked from beating the great Edwin Moses to
      178 words
    • 247 17 THE closest thing you can get to a near certainty in today's finals would be the furthest distance on Yuri Syedykh's mind. The ageing legend of the field events watched Edwin Moses being beaten in the 400-m hurdles final yesterday and vowed
      Picture/ Afp  -  247 words
    • 186 17 PETRA FELKE does distance running, jogging, jumping, sprinting and hurdling to throw the javelin. Today, the 29-year-old blonde from East Germany will be out to cap a year of unbeaten throws with a gold. Though she is in form, she cannot be too certain of
      186 words




  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 377 18 TheNewPaper-LoHo Olympic Contest Everyday this week, there will be two Olympicsportß symbols for you to identify. All you have to do is to fill in the correct event associated with the symbols and you stand to A win attractive Lotto and The New Paper prizes. Each coupon is an entry
      377 words
    • 34 18 /^v^wiV jrt vTT^inliifljHiESii^^^^B «r|. \|L\ v \'jt*iM^syiEsA 1 J C a ''^'^^^^'^iMK»* l H :r* dn II i >: *S&£v^Kß^^M $H' i■ ji Sb -Sk;■' *3« Sr sfflSß.' >»' K tAi'^v"•" T*w» 1 Ik ■B#- v
      34 words
  • SEOUL BEAT
    • OLYMPIC GRAPHICS
      • Article, Illustration
        74 18 ROGER KINGDOM (US) 13.15 «§C VLADIMIR SHISHKIN Sov) 13 21 GREG FOSTER US) 13.17 ARTHUR BLAKE US) 13.24 MARK MCKOY C«n) 13.17 SERGEY USOV §0*) 13.27 TON IE CAMPBELL US) 13.19 JON RtOGEON Brit) 13.29 ALEKSANDR MARKIN Sov) 13.20 RODWOOOSON US) 13.29^ —1-> ■■OBBBBBflHB ilsgpwWH: t .200 cm
        74 words
      • 162 18 The spear was a hunting tool and weapon used by ancient man. Modem spear-throwers hurl lightweight javelins for distance in competition. The javelin is sensitive to lift/drag effects caused by wind conditions and can be thrown nearly 300 feet by top athletes. Javelin throwers gather speed on a
        162 words
      • Article, Illustration
        35 18 CARL LEWIS US) 8.75 VLADIMIR OCHKAN iSov) 8.34 LARRY MYRICKS US) 8.66 MIKE CONLEY US) 8.32 JAIME JEFFERSON Cub) 8.51 SERGEY LAYEVSKIY <Sov) 8.32 ERIC METCALF (US) 8.44 ANDREAS STEtNER (Aus) 8.30 MMBMMjaiiHBi
        35 words
      • 2 23
        2 words

  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 28 19 G33. THE VCR THAT LETS YOU WRITE YOUR OWN PROGRAMME. Digital Scanner Super Still QC Super Advance 1-month 4-programme Calendar Timer NdtiOfldl S 10-key Wireless Infrared Remote Control
      28 words
    • 97 19 USE THIS TO PROGRAMME YOUR Uli NATIONAL VCRs. ******************** Rir i ,\i' ;vi wijiii'li i iih i I .if rak i'f/fTiilirii; r NEWS AT NINE MYSTERY OLYMPICS-HIGHLIGHTS 5 21:00 21:30 SEP 26 8 21:30 22:30 SEP 26 9:00 15:00 SEP 26 ***********************************1 l ***********************************11 l lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliu ft ONE PLUS ONE
      97 words
  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 1536 19 Television Afe SCREEN M Cine Showcase 9 Se< U ympics 88 p p Club Live At The Ritz GEMS I Sands 01 Iwo Jima (B/W) y f\ Weightlifting 100kg Finals (Live) With Los Lobos M m (*11.05 pm, SBC 12) M (*7.15 pm, SBC 12) (10.30 pm, SBC 5) i
      1,536 words
    • 303 19 idsbbshi S3 B9 10.30 pm Pop Club aBB Live At The Ritz With Los Lobos: See Screen Gems. E9 11.00 Crime Story Torello On Trial: During the trial, Frank Holman lies about Torello's acceptance of bribes in the form of jewellery and cash. 11.50 CIom «Q 10.30 pm Ninja Boy
      303 words

  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 45 20 fecrtFftr. Of t«n OynpcGrne > a. 'rp^y 9&MN& msm j With Kodacolor Gold Film. The official film of the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. And official sponsor of colors. the Singapore National Olympic Team. For colors so true-to-life, you can feel every moment. Kodak is Olympic color.
      45 words
  • Article, Illustration
    88 20 From palmy, sunny Florida comes this glorious hunk who looks even better in water, his natural element. He spells class in the pool and is an Olympic hero. And, no doubt, of many a youngster's, too. Name: Greg Louganis Profession: Diver, an Olympic medallist Age: 28 Height: 1.75
    Picture/ ALLSPORTS  -  88 words

  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 390 23 The New Paper-Lotto Olympic Contest J^B Everyday this week, there will be two Olympic sports symbols for you to identify. All you have to do is to fill in the correct event associated with the symbols and you stand to B win attractive Lotto and The New Paper prizes. Each
      390 words
    • 14 23 SIBI Misifc- y wl'i'» sWZM <ri■ i k v> "■.,MW«j«,1- [_or wt >«a "»vsj
      14 words


  • SEOULBEAT
    • 296 25  -  By Ken Jalleh Jr THE birth of a legend saw the end of an era in swimming yesterday. While the statisticians celebrated Kristin Otto's sixth gold medal of this Games the historians were mourning the retirement of Mary Meagher. Otto's 50m freestyle victory yesterday made her
      296 words
    • 84 25 AFP. KRISTIN Otto wants time to let her amazing performances sink in before she makes a decision on her future. y As the 22 year-old points out, she is scarcely a youngster in a sport that produced the youngest ever Olympic winner here 14-year-old
      AFP.  -  84 words
    • 493 26 Reuter. B EHIND China's success in the diving event lies the story of one man's grit. Chief coach Xu Yimin has survived cold winter dives, injury and the Cultural Revolution to steer China from obscurity to the top in world diving. China showed their dominance
      Reuter.; Picture/ Reuter  -  493 words
    • 577 26 Wire services. RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: BADMINTON Perak Open: Men's singles final: Poo Kok Keong bt Rashid Sidek 15-10, 3-15, 15-9. Doubles: Razif/Rashid Sidek bt Cheah Soon Kit/Soo Beng Kiang 615, 15-5, 15-10. Women's singles final: Kok Chan Fong bt Lee Wai Leng 11-9, 12-10. Doubles: Kok Chan
      Wire services.  -  577 words
  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 488 25 WSPORTS <3ggr g g o^| s •»-Hijh; USw H!£" a°C..»Hi,h. 7.15pm: M "ofJESS '88: 3 54pm SEj? 8.45PM: S'sk'dU 3 b athl ,csandv summary. b.„«. c ini -an u u ,oam: Seoul Olympics 88 Bas spm: Seoul Olympics 88 High- ketbal Men S fina lights: Athletics, volleyball, 11.30 am: Seoul
      488 words


  • SPORTS
    • 168 27 Reuter. PSV Eindhoven continued its impressive defence of the Dutch First Division soccer title by beat- ing Veendam 3-1 yesterday. But Ajax Amsterdam, crashed 3-1 away to RKC. RKC swept to a 2-0 lead with goals from Cees Schapendonk and Andre Hoekstra. Ajax replied
      Reuter.  -  168 words
    • 301 27 RACING with DENNIS CHIA LOCAL jockey David Chua Chuan Huat finally found the elusive winner he has been searching for this season. He steered Our Antidote to an all-the-way winner at Ipoh yesterday. After a series of placings, the struggling hoop rode the race of
      301 words
    • Article, Illustration
      168 27 Reuter. THE magic of Real Madrid came flowing back yesterday as it notched up its first league win of the season with a 2-0 victory over Betis in Seville. Mexican striker Hugo Sanchez scored twice as Real, buoyed by a midweek win over arch-rival Barcelona in Spain's Supercup,
      Reuter.  -  168 words
    • 119 27 Reuter. SPORTING of Lisbon nosed out Setubal 4-3 in an exciting home match yesterday to take the Portuguese First Division soccer lead with 10 points from six matches. Benfica and champion Porto both drew and are tied for second place on nine. Belenenses went four games
      Reuter.  -  119 words
    • 264 28 A THRILLING finish is in store this week as nine teams scramble for vital points as the Malaysia Cup League competition moves to its final stage. At stake is not only a place in the quarter-finals, but also the right to play in the top
      264 words
    • 323 28  -  MALAYSIA CUP Stories/ S. GULAM SINGAPORE needs to win this Sunday against Perak at Ipoh to confirm its runner-up position in the Malaysia Cup League. Mathematically, Singapore has a chance of pipping leader Kuala Lumpur to the title. But that's unlikely as KL needs just one
      Pictures/ Steven Lee  -  323 words
  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 354 27 The New Paper- Jetstream Tour Contest iU||naltecpense adventure in is yours... Every day, there are stories marked with a tick in The New Paper. But only one has a double border. Look for the tick with this double l)order IIT il and write down the headline of this story in
      354 words


  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 210 29 Move To Music (Radio 1, 5.05 pm) 'J lw Ww II 1 UJ 00 ec m MOVE tx> the beat of today's sounds with Good Tradition (Tanita Tikaram), Hands To Heaven (Breathe), The Harder I Try (Brother Beyond), Working In A Gold Mine (Aztec Camera), Stop This Crazy Thing (Coldout)
      210 words
    • 1061 29 RADIOGUIDE EMDM1 EMm ESSHM NOON News In Brief (Programmes in Mandarin) NOON Good Music, Company And Me: 12.05 Lunchdate: Join host .Jeanette t lt lU u Hav y our nch with a reat •Joseph for an aftern.K.n treat N00N Li t nin Wlth h f Paul mus,cal election. of musical
      1,061 words
    • 451 29 NOON Newsdesk 12.30 Sportsworld: Paddy Feeny brings you the exciting news on the latest happenings from the sports arena in Seoul. 12.45 Reflections: A moment for reflective thought on religion 12.50 Waveguide 1.00 World News I.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary. 1.30 Nature Notebook 1.45 Recording of the Week 2.00 Newsdesk
      451 words

  • Page 30 Advertisements
    • 203 30 large I group of I 437,000 potential I who said they would I read' The New Paper. I (Prelaunch Survey, November 1987). I Recruit effectively withTast Ads Our Appointments Classified Section The New Paper, Singapore's newest |HPHHH[|H| F^I^TTPIWTWTpjI English weekday noon tabloid, wwmLl' [liiiiwiiipiniiii n delivering informative and easy-reading news
      203 words

  • Page 31 Advertisements
    • 322 31 mM, J 1 TELEPHONE SERVICE: Monday to Friday: 9am to spm (3:3opm deadline for next day) Saturday: B:3oam to 2.*oopm (10:30 am deadline for Monday) Public Holiday: 9am to Ipm (for publication day after next) RATE: $6.30 per column cm. (Minimum lem x 2col) BOX SERVICE: $10.00 for replies collected
      322 words
    • 741 31 APPCMNTMENTS SALARY FROM ONWARDS Asahi Glass, one of the f leading manufacturer of quality colour TV glass has just established a new subsidiary, Asahi Techno Vision in Singapore. are now seeking experienced resourceful personnels to be our new ASAHI TECHNO VISION (S) PTE LTD WALK-IN GCH Tnl' level or 'O'
      741 words

  • Showtime
    • 265 32 IT was a perfect match. The handsome footballer and the beautiful singer. And when the flamboyant Mohammed Noh married Rahimah Rahim on Dec 8, 1977, the sporting and entertainment fraternities hailed it as the marriage of the year. Now, almost 11 years later, they have
      265 words
    • 334 32  -  By Wong Sing Yeong THE neighbourhood spirit reigned at last night's Together We Celebrate SBC Roadshow at Bukit Merah. The loudest cheers were not for the dozen big stars but a humble five-man band from the area's boys' club. Their rendition of the songs Penasaran and
      Picture/ Choo Chwee Hua  -  334 words
    • 388 33  -  By Ting Mei See UNDERGRADUATES are used to battling with term assignments, tutorials and photocopying queues. But last Friday night some of them came together to do battle armed with guitars, drums, keyboards and even a saxophone. Only this time it was the Battle
      388 words
    • 205 33  -  By Vivien Chiong Say "enka singer", and the picture that comes to mind is a middle-aged warbler. But one of Japan's most famous enka singers is 23-year-old Shinno Mika. Shinno was in Singapore last weekend to give two performances at the Karaoke Contest '88 and at
      205 words
    • 173 33 I TOOK a trip to China yesterday, with a brief stopover in India. And I didn't even have to leave my seat in the cosy Goethe-Institut auditorium. About 20 young but talented musicians came together under the Young Musicians on Sunday concert presented by the
      173 words
    • Article, Illustration
      316 33  -  By Sonja Tan And Vivien Chiong THE PRESIDIO (Jade 1) AN ACTION-THRILLER with bits of romance. It's the latest story about mismatched lawmen busting the baddies. The car-chase and foot-chase scenes and the final shootout provide the thrills. Stars Sean Connery and Mark Harmon. Times: 11am, 1.30, 4, 6.30,
      316 words


  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
    • 213 34 ■COMICRELIEF Orchard Road/coim Goh LOOK flllHflT.'fl "mvJGGER'fI [ouR cßEfmv/IT* HftS BEEN /IS A NATTER f...f40T IHE Y AH.THt tOlOO KinJOIAJ UAW )N PUSHED al TOtt WPER VOFfcACT.... BIOLO6V SN6APOAE NEKbS ARE C/ViE o*SE .'ioMETimES I JUST .^TT"—Vr LECTURE SfEClfllEU MU66ERS''BECAUSE TOO WANT ID RIP Off IM CLOTHES I tjJ!/' £AI\MN!/.'
      213 words
    • 42 34 Single Slices/peter Kohisaat I; a 0 0 J D MpSp "Searching for Mr. Right? Look in fiction.*' ZIECY/Tom WiISOD VO*' §HtjuHur r 'for Herman/Jim linger /v vP/^ n®t/ _ifTtJ nl s"Tf IK'_A\ "Clarissa, will you please get back in here this instant."
      42 words

  • Page 35 Advertisements
    • 163 35 Do you find the thought of being interviewed somewhat daunting? Do you have sleepless nights before the interview? 1 How To Be I INTERVIEWED D Mackenzie Davey P McDonnell Illustrated by Peter Kneebone This book offers some useful hints to help you prepare for an interview. It explains some important
      163 words
  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
    • 193 35 COMICRELIEF Hagar the Horrible/Dik Browne WHAT A(2E I f IT &2£AT YOU CO|K<3 ?J \^TM E vo&y I J2r s& JJHF AllgUStd/Dominic Doelsma Angus McGill fta iwat > rf~\ (jT\ 0om#&. of~ it. *V muuo. \-k&J I'M happy George the Robot/stephen Stanley /T -J "ToDPCt' SMorJS {f fc<,r WWg: "WrTW
      193 words

  • SHOWTIME
    • 307 36  -  By Griselda Loo ARE YOU dying to know what is going to happen to your favourite Falcon Crest characters? We're into the seventh season of the long-running prime time soap opera. All 28 episodes are packed with sudden plot twists and turns. In the
      307 words
    • 260 36 THE TWO World Wars so captured the imagination of Hollywood movie-makers that a series of war movies were made from the 1930s to the 60s. As part of a festival of war films, Cine Showcase will be screening two classics, Sands of
      260 words
    • Article, Illustration
      398 36  -  By Danny Tan MARRIED TO THE MOB: MUSIC FROM THE FILM (REPRISE) Another soundtrack, this time with music by "alternative" artistes such as Tom Tom Club under the guidance of Talking Heads Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth. The comedy-action movie stars Michelle Pfeiffer and is directed by Jonathan Demme
      398 words
    • 433 37 K 1 YLIE Minogue has shed that girl-next-door image for a sultry look and the result has been so stunning that the 20-year-old singer has been proclaimed Girl Of The Year by Rolling Stone magazine. Now touring the US to promote her self-titled debut album Kylie
      433 words
    • 447 37 DON JOHNSON first issued an order that a scheduled photo session be cancelled. Then he sat in a stuffed chair in his Beverly Hills hotel like a king on a throne. Or like a saint on a cloud. There was nothing of (Miami) vice about him.
      447 words


  • FASHIONTODAY
    • 378 38  -  By Brenton Wong I B F commonsense dictated fashion, people here should wear hats. There aren't many more places in the world where the sun shines as relentlessly as it does in Singapore. But the only ones here who let commonsense go to their heads are
      Pictures/ Sam Yeo  -  378 words
    • 190 38 JESS Wong is one of those rare Singaporeans who wears hats. She collects them. "It's so hot in Singapore, that's why I wear hats. I don't know why more people don't," said the 20-year-old hairstylist. She started collecting hats two years ago when friends gave
      190 words

  • 506 39 FOODNOTES One cannot live without water. But it can also be too much of a good thing. An excess of water in the body can be harmful. Here's your guide on how to have just the right amount M I ■ANY of us blame water
    506 words
  • Page 39 Miscellaneous
    • 440 39 Cluck, cluck, chop, chop KITCHENTIPS BROWN PAPER BAGS fingers, sticky side out, and COFFEE FILTERS f Here's how to ripen press it against the roll as DON'T despair if you have I Peaches, plums, papayas, you rotate it. opened a bottle of wine and J J mangoes, tomatoes super- the
      440 words

  • UPDATE
    • 789 40 ►Gallery 0 OLYMPICS OF THE PAST. More than 30 old prints and wood engravings of the Olympics that took place between 1896 and 1936. Items for sale. Antiques of the Orient, level two, Tanglin Shopping Centre. 10 am 6.30 pm. CHINA SOJOURN. A selection of
      789 words
    • 15 40 GALLERY: Olympics artifacts FOOD: For the health conscious COMING UP: Xinyao festival '88
      15 words
    • Article, Illustration
      79 40 Music and drinks brought them together. In fact, they named themselves after their favourite special brew, Tiger beer. Tiger Tiger, the rock group, is made up of ex-Speedway members Helmi, Amin, Clarence, Peter, Hamid and Anwar. They play numbers by the Beatles, Bon Jovi and Deep Purple with
      79 words
  • Page 40 Advertisements